I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able. No course of my choosing or of their (nations at war) will lead to war. War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions of others.
WOODROW WILSONTo do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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Today’s greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams.
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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
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There is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
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The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.
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The sum of the whole matter is this – our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.
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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.
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The right is more precious than peace.
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This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.
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A radical is one of whom people say ”He goes too far.” A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ”doesn’t go far enough.” Then there is the reactionary, ”one who doesn’t go at all.” All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have.
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Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
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A man’s rootage is more important than his leafage.
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Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
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Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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